Ray Cooney

Editor

Cooney

Ray Cooney became editor of The Commercial Review on Dec. 1, 2014. He served managing editor from July 2013 through November 2014, assistant managing editor from November 2005 through July 2013 and sports editor from March 2001 through July 2013.

He earned more awards than any other journalist in Division III in the Hoosier State Press Association Better Newspaper Contest for the second straight year in 2014. He took first place for sports commentary, sports news or feature coverage and sports action photo; second place of editorial page with fellow staffers Jack Ronald and Samm Quinn; and third place for profile feature, sports commentary and use of graphics.

In his career he has also won HSPA awards for
newswriting under deadline pressure, sports feature photo, general news photo, headline writing and multiple picture group.

Cooney was honored with the Indiana High School Athletic Association Distinguished Media Service Award in 2012, and also received the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Outstanding Baseball Media Award in 2009.

A native of Avon, Ohio, Cooney graduated from St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio) in 1996 and Cleveland State University in 2000. He was the inaugural editor of The Cleveland Stater at CSU, and also worked for The Morning Journal (Lorain, Ohio) and The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) before moving to Jay County.

He is a fan of the Cleveland Browns, Cavaliers and Indians as well as the Cleveland State Vikings and Ohio State Buckeyes. He enjoys playing fantasy sports.